Sophie Andrews

Sophie Andrews is Chief Executive of The Silver Line Helpline, the only free, 24/7 confidential helpline for older people in the UK that she launched nationally in 2013. As well as her paid professional career in the charity sector she has volunteered for the emotional health helpline, Samaritans for over 25 years and was National Chair between 2008-11. She was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list in December 2017. But Sophie’s life story is a roller coaster ride of emotions and is much more than just her professional achievements. Sophie will talk about her childhood experiences and how she managed to slowly recover but also pay back to the organisations (like Samaritans) that had helped her along the way. Sophie is now writing a second book which is a novel that once again draws on her life experiences.